Category Archives: social justice

Plan to join us at Raleigh’s women’s march anniversary event in 2018. A group of individuals and organizers are planning a women’s rally on Raleigh, with the theme of “Women Leading The Resistance!” on January 20, 2018.

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2018 Time: 9am to 1pm Gather: 9:00 am Resistance music: 9:00am-10:00am Speakers begin: 10:00am Event ends: 1:00pm Place: Halifax Mall, in Raleigh Location: Green space next to the Legislative Office Building at 300 N Salisbury St (Where most of the Moral Monday rallies are held.)
For more information, go to https://womensmarchonraleigh.org/.
See some of the speakers at https://womensmarchonraleigh.org/rally-program/.

Our rally is timed as the one year anniversary of our giant march and rally in Raleigh and with the hundreds or thousands of other marches across the United States and around the world on January 21, 2017. Organizer Yevonne Brannon documented 13 marches in North Carolina alone! We will rally in solidarity with other women’s events that day, including those in Winston Salem, in Chicago, and in New York.

The weekly Tuesdays With Tillis protest is 11:30am-12:30pm at 310 New Bern Ave, in Raleigh. The theme is Defeat the #TrumpTaxCuts. Tuesdays With Tillis at 11:30am at the Federal Building on New Bern in Raleigh. We have a great new sign! I love this protest, also because it is done in an hour. This is the 42nd week. Find on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/526075321078863/.

Raleigh NOW meeting on Nov 7, at 7:15pm, at Cameron Village Library in Raleigh (note: new location). Topics are pro-choice signature ad, and planning for the January Roe event.

Raleigh, N.C. – A multiracial, multi-religious, and multi-generational grassroots group of women are planning a Women’s March on Raleigh (WMOR). It is a solidarity event with the Women’s March on Washington, also taking place January 21st, 2017.

Dozens of women and allies have been planning the march from the basement of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church for the past several weeks. Reverend Michelle Laws of the NAACP is a confirmed speaker, as well as MaryBe McMillan of the NC AFL-CIO and Sarah Preston of Lillian’s List.

First, we mourn this great unexpected loss. Hillary Clinton was everything many of us wanted in a president – a compassionate, resilient, intelligent woman and politician with the necessary experience and temperament for the job of leading our country. Clinton had an inclusive vision, policy knowledge and skills to spare. You can read “133 reasons (and counting!) Hillary Clinton should be our next president,” Huffington Post, 10/28/16. At the same time, you can read why the Trump/Pence ticket was and is our greatest fear. For many or most of us, a fear not even recognized as a real possibility until it happened before our shocked and disbelieving eyes. Read why we fear Trump and for the safety of friends and neighbors and minorities of all kinds at “An American Tragedy.” Many of us feel, as the article states, “[t]he election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. ” That bad. Donald Trump is America’s “Brexit” (New York Times, June 2016). The world is still wondering ‘How did Brexit happen,’ 6/24/16, in the same way it wonders how did Donald Trump win.

Then we buck up and look toward the future. We suggest a few main things to do, once we get our minds around this new and darker future.

Exciting news! NC is making the first state alliance of the ERA Coalitionorganization. Join us for our launch event! It begins with a press conference at 2:30pm. At 3:30pm, we’ll have a panel discussion, “Why the ERA? Why now?” That will be followed by a book signing and reception at 4:30pm. We are featuring Jessica Neuwirth, the author of “Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for the Equal Rights Amendment Is Now” Neuwirth is President of the ERA Coalition.

Join Community UCC’s Economic Justice Task Force in an expanded discussion and exploration of the issue with Jane Pinsky of the NC Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform. Pinsky has been director of the NC Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform since 2007. The Coalition, in which Common Cause North Carolina is a key player, works to make government, at all levels, more open and accessible to the citizens of North Carolina. It works on ethics, transparency, and redistricting reform.

This Women for Hillary event is part of the “She Wins, We Win” campaign. Ellie Smeal(Ms. Magazine and Feminist Majority), andTerry O’Neill(NOW) are coming to Raleigh for a rally and press conference on Thursday, Mar 3, at 11am at the Legislative Building. We have some really great speakers from North Carolina as well!

The forwarded press release includes the press conference speakers only. The press conference will be followed by a rally in the Auditorium!

Our great speakers from around the state include Rev. Michelle Cotton Laws, Mandy Carter, fiery teenager Madison Kimrey, a mother/daughter team (11 year old daughter), individuals, and leaders of various women’s organizations. We are speaking on topics that are very important to women, like equal pay, education, LGBT issues, immigration, and reproductive justice. Please join us!

Madison Kimrey speaking at rally in DC in 2015

We’re all working for a better future for North Carolina and for America!

Fayetteville NOW is working with other organizations to promote discussions around race and white privilege. This 3 part ‘Cracking the Code” series works to promote understanding each other through cultural awareness.

Join us the Pate Room of the Headquarter Library at 301 Maiden Lane in Fayetteville, NC on these 3 dates:

April 4, 2016 – 7:00 pmMay 9, 2016 – 7:00 pmJune 6, 2016 – 7:00 pm

“We are not looking for people to say what we want to hear. We want honest discussion.”

Michael Moore’s latest film, Where to Invade Next? includes a call for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment! Here are two links, the first for more information about the film, and the second for a/perture cinema information.

Triad NOW’s Night at the Movies! Thursday, Feb. 18, 6 p.m. a/perture cinema – 311 West 4th St., Winston-Salem
Contact president@triadnow.org if you want to make arrangements to meet up and sit together.